5) Control of Wheat Pathogens and Pests

6) Durum Wheat Genomics and Breeding

Sunday, April 23, 17:00-19:00
EWG Durum Wheat Genomics and Breeding two hour satellite meeting at BOKU Campus Tulln.Topics
1. Short update on the perspective of our work on the durum wheat reference collection
2. The durum wheat genome (a presentation on the durum wheat genome will be given at the IWGS). We have opened the pre-publication access to the durum wheat genome at http://www.interomics.eu/durum-wheat-genome.
3. Workshop on wheat bioinformatics and EWG meeting in late 2017
4. Organization of the contributions for a book on durum wheat genome
5. Any other item.
» For any further information contact the EWG leader.

Monday, April 24, 2017, 19:15 – 20:30.
A group of rust experts will discuss the recent European and African stem rust epidemics, pathogen races causing these epidemics, and the availability of resistant germplasm in European and North American wheat. We will have short talks of researchers from Europe, CIMMYT, and the United States followed by discussions among the participants on the situation in their countries. Place of this satellite meeting will be in at the symposium venue in Tulln.